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If the signals are from a ship in distress he may proceed toward it by turning his vessel until the sound of the signal-bell is equal in the two receivers. The ability to determine the direction from which the signal comes is especially valuable in navigating difficult channels in foggy weather. Signal-bells are located near lighthouses and dangerous reefs.
Lord Vincent walked up and down the deck, occasionally stopping to exchange a word with Claudia, or the judge. At length the signal-bell rang out, every peal striking like a death-toll on the heart of the old man. And the order was shouted forth: "All hands ashore!" The moment of life and death had come. He started up; he strained his daughter to his breast. He gasped: "God bless you, my dear!
Close to the scar left by the thunderbolt were fragments of food, cruses of liquor and broken drinking-vessels, with a bass-drum and a steamboat signal-bell, of which, with pain, I learned the use. It was after nightfall when I was ready to cross the river on my return.
Sunday, 29th May. The wind was from the S.W. to-day, and the signal-bell rung, as usual, about an hour before the period for landing on the rock. The writer was rather surprised, however, to hear the landing-master repeatedly call, "All hands for the rock!" and, coming on deck, he was disappointed to find the seamen only in the boats.
The wind was from the S.W. to-day, and the signal-bell rung, as usual, about an hour before the period for landing on the rock. The writer was rather surprised, however, to hear the landing- master repeatedly call, 'All hands for the rock! and, coming on deck, he was disappointed to find the seamen only in the boats.
An officer receives and dismisses these trains by means of a signal-bell. The ticket-offices are in the second story of a large building adjoining. Railroads in Europe. Five minutes before any particular train leaves, the ticket-office is closed and the conductors pass through the cars and inspect the tickets.
Then, in a daring effort to extricate himself, he intimidated the woman Petitpré, and forced her to escape through the sleeping-car window. It was he who had rung the signal-bell to stop the train and give her a chance of leaving it.
He went, however, through none of the forms of reassurance beyond remarking, "You want to get right in here quick," but stood with his hand raised, in a threatening way, to the cord of his signal-bell. "You must allow me the honour of taking you home, madam; I will tell you who I am," Basil Ransom said, in obedience to a rapid reflexion.
"It makes no difference who put it up there, madam," said Frank, warmly, "it must come down; and I would advise you not to hesitate long, for the captain is not one who can be trifled with." As Frank ceased speaking, Mary touched a signal-bell, which stood on the table near her. A servant appeared almost instantly, and the young lady said: "Show this man out."
"If you had got in anywhere and not come across such a good-natured old donkey as myself, you would have had the signal-bell rung to summon the guard, who would have stopped the train and given you in custody at the next station for travelling without a ticket! But what are you going to do now, eh?" "Please, sir, I dunno," replied Dick, looking puzzled.
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